Databases

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Genealogy

Discover your family history and start your family tree. Access billions of genealogy records including Census, Social Security Death Index, and Military records. Ancestry.com must be accessed using a computer at the Gates Public Library.

A powerful and popular genealogical resource that includes the Federal Censuses, over 25,000 family and local histories, bank and military records, and genealogical and local history sources. Provided by the Monroe County Library System.

What to Read Next

Beanstack allows you to receive a weekly book recommendation for you child (ages 0 to 12) in your email which comes with a learning tip and a link to our catalog to locate the book. There are other fun features like app recommendations and learning guides, which are lists of books, crafts, activities and more based on a theme. Beanstack also allows you to log your child's reading so you can keep track of what books they have read.

Contains over 85 Gannett newspapers, 6 of which are New York newspapers. These include the Ithaca Journal, Poughkeepsie Journal, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Journal News (White Plains), Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton) and Star-Gazette (Elmira). Provided by the Monroe County Library System.

Provides indexing of American's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.

InfoTrac Newsstand is an innovative Web-based full-text newspaper database which allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields. Finally, a one-stop source for the day's news and searchable archives. You can customize your online newspaper database features including search options. With InfoTrac Newsstand, you can search a collection of more than 1,000 newspapers, then select your own screen appearance, search options and results format. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.

An accurate, current, and comprehensive resource for college-level learners, researchers, and faculty. Discover encyclopedia articles, full-text journal and magazine articles, primary sources, multimedia, and other unique resources and tools that make research easier and more productive. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.

Thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites, and three separate databases for elementary, middle, or high school students. There is Read-aloud, a font size adjuster, and built-in translation tools support students with special needs and ELLs. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.

Provides access to academic journals, reports, and many premier reference sources in the field of education. The database includes content in key subject areas including administration, bilingual education, child development and psychology, funding, health education, technology, and testing. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.

Gale takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. Provided by the Monroe County Library System.

The GoodCall Scholarship Search Engine is one of the largest databases of scholarships on the web and is an excellent resource for college bound students looking to mitigate college expenses. Unlike other scholarship websites, the GoodCall Scholarship Engine is 100% free and open-access, meaning no personally identifiable information is required in order to use it.

Business & Government

A to Z Databases is a research tool for public and academic libraries, and offers database access to U.S. businesses and residential listings, as well as U.S healthcare, consumer and employer databases. Provided by the Monroe County Library System.

Health

A "one-stop-shopping" site for Rochester health information, CLIC-on-Health is administered by the Rochester Regional Library Council. Funding for CLIC-on-Health is provided by a grant from NY Senator Jim Alesi and the Rochester Regional Library Council. Provided by the Rochester Regional Library Council.

Reference

This database contains do-it-yourself repair and maintenance information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. New repair procedures, TSBs and updates are added to the product on a regular basis. The Auto Repair Reference Center must be accessed using a computer at the Gates Public Library.

Contains a range of perspectives on many important issues, with over 13,000 pro/con viewpoints. Includes a variety of resource types: reference, news, primary sources, multimedia and more. Provided by the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.

Provides first-time comprehensive online access to all volumes ever printed in Gale's acclaimed and long-standing Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults. Provided by the Monroe County Library System.

Resources for Kids

Beanstack allows you to receive a weekly book recommendation for you child (ages 0 to 12) in your email which comes with a learning tip and a link to our catalog to locate the book. There are other fun features like app recommendations and learning guides, which are lists of books, crafts, activities and more based on a theme. Beanstack also allows you to log your child's reading so you can keep track of what books they have read.